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I really hope Coach Stein involves Ferguson heavily in the passing game against Ohio State. He is such a good weapon and is nearly unguardable. Oregon had a long string of TEs that had successful careers in the NFL. T. Furg. is as good as any of them, especially as a down field receiver.

“It was like some sort of crazy torture in the movies. How do people do that so long without taking a breath? I think my ears are still ringing.” -- Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma RB “I think Autzen Stadium. Per person, the Oregon stadium is the loudest stadium I’ve ever been in. The fact that it’s so low to the ground doesn’t allow the sound to escape.” -- Lee Corso, ESPN GameDay “If you’ve never been to a game at Autzen Stadium do yourself a favor and get there soon. One word for the experience. Loud. Hurt your ears loud. Make them bleed loud. The Big Ten has nothing as loud as Autzen.” -- BigTenTailgate.com “That’s the loudest stadium I’ve ever been in.” -- Lloyd Carr, Michigan HC (after playing at Autzen)

If Oregon loses a close game, we should remain in the top 5 (Oregon's lone loss would be "better" than any other team's). However, if we are blown out at home (and look bad doing so), we could drop out of the top 10. Luckily, there is still plenty of time to climb back up the standings before the playoffs.

Very good examples, Charles. It's great to see our young coaches learning from past shortcomings and making adjustments. It's also wonderful to see Oregon run the ball on those critical 3rd or 4th and short plays, as I believe that they have a higher conversion rate. In the first play you highlighted, it appears that the Michigan State defender (#27?) would have been in a position to make the play, if he didn't bite on the misdirection or was more athletic to recover. I'm sure that Ohio State will be coaching the backside help to freeze and, even if they take a step in the wrong direction, their 5-star athletes will be quick enough to recover (then it's a just a matter of who wins the 1:1 battle). It'll be interesting to see if Coach Stein has a counter to this play against Ohio State. As I mentioned above, I'm really interested to see if Oregon opens up a more intermediate passing attack or has some counters to the wide receiver bubble screens. I would expect Ohio State to crowd the line of scrimmage and play press coverage with their CBs until Oregon proves that they can beat them. Go Ducks!!! Saturday can't come soon enough...

Coach Lanning said that the coaches made the decision to hold back some things in the second half of the UCLA game due to the score. I'm assuming that it was the same with the Michigan State game. Hopefully, we see more of an intermediate passing attack and some counters off of the bubble/wide receiver screens against the Buckeyes.

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And Fox and the B1G got Oregon for partial shares… I’m confused - I thought “market size” was the only important criteria with TV ratings and conference expansion. How's that L.A. market doing?

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“Please don’t leave me…”

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LOL. They should put "Miami (+ ACC Replay Officials)" at #6.

LOL. It is a great photo for a caption contest!

"Riley wasted the 2023 season, and that wasted year put USC well behind Oregon in recruiting and portal acquisitions." I agree with the author that USC should have made a change in the defensive staff sooner (as early as the bowl loss to Tulane). USC wasted a tremendous opportunity with Caleb Williams the last 2 years. If USC made the college football playoffs last year, it would have created more buzz around the program and potentially ignited their recruiting. They seem stagnant as a program with Riley and I'm not sure that he is capable of building the program where they want to be (remember he took over an established program from Bob Stoops, like Chip Kelly did from Mike Bellotti). Oh well. USC being down benefits Oregon, as we continue to get the top California recruits, particularly on the defensive side of the ball.

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The offensive line has been doing a great job but the step up in talent will be significant on Saturday. I’m hoping that they can more than hold their own. One of my favorite plays was when the center dropped back and looped around to help a blitzing linebacker coming from the left edge. The TV announcers highlighted the play. There was another one where Tez pointed out that the CB was going to blitz and DG hit him for a nice gain. The blocking has improved significantly but so has the communication. Anxious to see how the team performs on Saturday (i.e., the mid term).

Why? It looks like the DB just wanted a hug, in the middle of the play…

I am hoping for someone who hasn’t been on Gameday before. In addition to the names above, what about: • Dan Fouts: Legenday Duck, NFL QB and broadcaster • Ahmad Rashad: See above but WR/RB • Neil Everett: Former ESPN SportsCenter anchor, who loves the Ducks • Cole Hocker: 2024 Olympic gold medalist in the 1,500 • CJ Vardell: A troll for our Ohio State visitors after rushing for 161 and 2 TDs on 20 carries (8.0 yards per carry), plus 34 yards receiving and another TD at the Shoe • Sam Elliott: Academy award-nominated actor with iconic voice, attended U of O from 1962-63 (only if he wears a cowboy hat) So many great Ducks to choose from!

I wish Canzo would just cover Oregon State and Washington State and leave the University of Oregon to others.

A head coach with prolific offenses and Heisman winning QBs but questionable defenses and limited success in the post-season. They certainly like flash in LA (style over substance)!

And that’s why I’m not a big fan of this offense. I like more balance with a solid running game and intermediate passing game. Oregon’s current offense works well against teams with lessor talent (i.e., most of the schedule) but we’ll see how it performs against elite defensive talent. I think that Ohio State will stack the box and play press, man to man coverage outside, until Oregon shows it can consistently beat them downfield. Hopefully Evan Stewart is healthy and ready to roll on Saturday.

Those former OCs under Pete Carroll have been doing quite well at programs that are all in on football, haven’t they?

LOL. Maybe their fans will realize there are more problems in LA LA Land than the head football coach or conference…

LOL. That’s a joke. We all know that Penn State is incapable of beating Ohio State or Michigan. Yahoo doesn’t take in the eyeball test into consideration. Texas and Ohio State look like the best teams to me, right now, but I also wouldn’t sleep on Georgia. I don’t know what to make of Alabama after yesterday’s game… P.S. - Husky fans will tell you that they should be #1 after they “revenged” their loss in the championship game last night (just don’t remind them that Harbaugh is back in the NFL and they don’t have the same teams)…